Let’s face it. Budgets aren’t very sexy. I’ve never met a lawyer who said, “Justin, I just love setting my budget every year.” Whether it’s a business budget or a client matter budget, it’s important to set expectations and goals in advance, but you also need to know how well you stayed within a budget. Here is a VERY BASIC budget spreadsheet for you to start out with – it’s not customized to your practice area and really only focuses on the basics fundamentals. #ROIBookkeepi

Business school, just like law school, teaches you new ways of thinking. While the actual tools, theories, cases, and people you get exposed to are great, what really sticks over time (hopefully) is the ability to face an issue or a challenge and think about it in ways that others may not. Recently the managing partner of a four-person law firm asked me this question: why would I ever want to outsource my books? He further explained that outsourcing something means a loss of